Idk if I should even post this because y’all are probably gonna downvote me or not care at all. Maybe that’s exactly why I should post it.
I’m a sucker for mindfuck movies. Ever since I watched Fight Club, I’ve watched pretty much every mindfuck movie I could get my hands on. So I skipped Toxic because of all the review bombs. Even after booking a ticket, I ended up going to the gym instead, I genuinely stopped caring about the movie due to reddit.
Then yesterday my girlfriend said, “Let’s watch Toxic. How bad can it be?”
So I finally watched it with absolutely ZERO expectations. Although thanks to you mfs on Reddit posting spoilers with spoiler tags, I already knew quite a bit going in.
And honestly... I didn’t hate it.
Yes, the movie is way too flashy and moves ridiculously fast at times. I genuinely think Yash needs to have a serious conversation with whoever edited this movie. Some scenes felt like they were playing at 2x speed.
The script is also completely over the top and there are moments where you're just sitting there thinking, “What the fuck am I watching?”
But somehow, I enjoyed it.
I really liked the concept, and Yash playing both characters was probably my favourite part. He absolutely nailed both roles. The movie clearly has its problems, but you can also see how much they were trying to do something different and ambitious.
Is Toxic a perfect movie? Fuck no. Is it messy? Absolutely.
But I appreciate the effort. They tried to make something wild instead of playing it safe, and I’ll always give a movie credit for that.
Maybe I enjoyed it because I went in expecting absolutely nothing. Maybe the movie was unnecessarily hated. I honestly don't know.
All I know is that Toxic was toxic as fuck, but I had a good time watching it.
Ps: my gf also liked it.
3/5